The previous ones were all about sweet dates, now it’s time to talk about big sticks.

In order to urge the Philippines to make a decision as soon as possible, Cai Feiming officially announced at this moment: From now on, the Philippine side will block the routes inside and outside the island. This order will remain in effect until the two sides reach an agreement.

Second Lieutenant Sandoval was shocked.

They first spent some time sorting out the logical relationship: these short-haired pagans first brutally kidnapped them here, then smiled and stuffed their cabins with goods, and then they promised to open trade, and then

Blockade the route and attempt to starve the soldiers in Taipei there

Half sea water, half fire. Half guns, half roses.

This reckless stick policy is, to be honest, a bit too strong. If the big cake-faced people weren't all devout Catholics and had a Confusion and Confusion check of 2, they would have gone insane by now.

When Sandoval's team thoroughly understood the travelers' intentions, they instinctively began to bargain: "In the name of God, that castle belongs to the great King Philip IV! You can't take it away like this!"

Cai Feiming rolled his eyes: "Isn't the fact of sitting in front of me enough to make you realize the fear of force?"

"The reason why that small fort is still in your hands is entirely because of our goodwill. Do you understand goodwill?" Cai Feiming knocked on the table with an expression that looked like a fool: "In one morning, all your soldiers can be killed.

Kill, think of those corpses on your ship!"

Seeing these crappy guys finally starting to show fear, Lao Cai added angrily: "In addition, I don't think you have been given diplomatic rights by Manila. So, gentlemen, you have no right to talk to me here.

What are you discussing, you are just messengers."

Speaking of this, Cai Feiming took out four documents from the drawer. The first two documents were a formal diplomatic agreement and Xia Xianze's personal letter. This required the second lieutenant and the others to take them to Manila and hand them over to the governor.

The third document is the requirements list.

Taking into account Manila's miserable commodity export capacity, the list is very short, so short that it only has two commodities: silver and "Filipino maids".

Needless to say about silver, the galleons trade transports a lot of silver to Manila every year, renewing the power of a regime that has no major commodities and only exports but no imports. Not to mention the Filipino servants, who are famous until later generations, so the officials now have a strong interest in the Philippines.

The young men and women are very interested.

The strategic minds of Lieutenant Sandoval and others were not enough to realize the importance of this trade condition: when this demand list was presented, the Philippines had a "self-produced" flagship product for the first time.

Of course, the Travelers don’t need these guys to figure everything out. They just need a messenger to bring the letter to Governor Juanino de Tapora in Manila. When Governor Tapora sees these documents, he will naturally

You will understand the value.

As for the small stone castle in Taipei, it is not even a bargaining chip in the face of such huge interests: the Spaniards are now in the decline period of industrial hollowing out, and they have nothing but silver. Now and in the future, they will

In America, Africa, and Asia, the colonies are shrinking in an all-round way, and the colonies will be eroded one by one, not to mention the loss of many fortresses every year.

As long as Governor Tapora's level is above lame, he will definitely agree to this agreement.

The fourth and final document is a letter of commitment: the time-traveling forces promise that after the two parties establish a comprehensive strategic partnership, they will provide several coordinate points near Manila for free for the Spaniards to mine gold.

Silver and copper mines.

Of course, it is irresponsible to build a mine in the midst of malaria, savages, and tropical jungles. The huge expenditure in the early stage is irresponsible. As for the day when the gunboats arrive at the door of Manila, will the big pie-faced people be able to mine the mine? If so,

How much gold and silver they can dig out depends on their luck.

After sealing the four documents with a paint bag and locking them in a paint box, Cai Feiming handed both the key and the paint box to Second Lieutenant Sandoval.

When the second lieutenant swore in the name of God and the King that he would deliver the letter to the Governor, and the other three people promised to testify, Cai Feiming nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, it seems you finally understand the nature of your work."

At this point in the meeting, most of the pre-planned diplomatic mission has been completed.

Next, Cai Feiming took out a few pieces of paper and a quill pen and threw them in front of the Spaniard: "Okay, let's write the last item."

“What do you need us to write?”

"Of course it's a letter to the commander of Taipei, telling him everything that happened here." Cai Feiming's eyes scanned the faces of the four people: "In addition, I need one of you to take the exploration ship to Taipei tomorrow.

Give the letter to the commander over there. And before the order from Manila arrives, persuade the commander to facilitate the exploration ship or at least not show hostility and provoke our people to open fire."

After some discussion, the four Spaniards finally decided that First Officer Samper would be the courier to Taipei. As for the letters, the military chaplain, who was professional in writing letters, would write them in one go.

Finally, everyone signed and postponed the letter. This meeting, which had been planned for a long time but was brought about by a coincidence, finally came to an end.

Since they only stayed in Taijiang for one night, these Spaniards who had not been quarantined were ordered to stay on the ship that day.

After the meeting, the ensign and the others were sent back to Galen's ship. After that, except for sending a batch of supplies, the senior officials paid no attention to them.

The only person who enjoys hotel accommodation, hot showers and clean clothes is First Officer Samper. He will board the re-launched exploration ship to Taipei early tomorrow morning.

When the ensign returned to the Alicante, the sailors who finally learned the truth could finally weep with joy because everyone's lives had been saved.

As for those trade agreements, those are things that the big guys need to worry about, and the little guys are not qualified to evaluate them.

By this time, it was completely dark. The Spaniards on the Alicante were eating salted fish rice sent from the port while admiring the night view they had never seen before.

The industrial parties finally compromised.

With the completion of a series of important parts such as Chikan Wharf, Chikan District Government, Chuanzhong Villa District, Taijiang Shipyard, and Taijiang Cold Storage Area, the industrial parties in the Yao District can no longer delay the power supply on both sides of the Taijiang River.

As a result, 5 kilometers of main cables and auxiliary cables of the same length, distribution stations, transformers, etc. were imported in one step not long ago.

In the entire Taijiang lighting project, the proportion of self-produced accessories in the kiln district, including telephone poles and various shell brackets, is less than 20%. This is why the Industrial Party keeps complaining: If it persists for a while, the kiln district’s

Old-fashioned asphalt electric wires can be produced here, and there is no need to use so many import quotas.

Complaints are complaints, the effect is still very beautiful.

Nowadays, because the east and west banks of Taijiang are electrified, every night is a dazzling world that was unique in the 17th century.

It starts from the shipyard area in the north, where construction works all night, and extends all the way to the warehousing and cold storage areas in the south, and then across the sea to Damuan Island. The endless lights of various colors surround the Taijiang River, like a long shining river, running endlessly.

The lights are reflected on the dark blue sea, and as the waves rise and fall, the light and shadow of the broken stars reflect each other with the stars densely packed in the sky above, like an inverted mirage, which makes people fascinated.

The Spaniards were holding on to the side of the ship and watching all this greedily. The night view of the pagan city was so in line with their fantasy of paradise. The excited roars of the sailors came from the Galen ship from time to time. The next moment, the searchlights on the turret shone.

Come over, the sailors screamed in dazzling white light, okay, now they are all honest.

After the scary searchlight pole was removed, the big-faced people hid silently behind the side of the ship, still looking at Chikan Street, which made a huge noise.

Chikan Avenue in front of Chikan Government is now the busiest place on summer nights.

Due to the limited number of light bulbs and wires, the river of lights on both sides of the Taijiang River is actually limited to the important buildings along the river. Starting from the north-south Chikan Avenue, the west side is filled with light bulbs, and the east side is turned into self-produced gas lamps.

A large number of workers now come out of their dark dormitories every night and crowd on Chikan Avenue and the banks of the Taijiang River to enjoy the cool air and eat grilled fish: pure charcoal grilled fish.

All kinds of spots, shrimps, and crabs that were expensive in later generations are not too expensive in the current Chikan Night Market: a worker can afford it if he only treats guests once a month.

These grilled seafood products, generously sprinkled with salt and a small amount of chili powder, are all fresh from the cold storage that day.

Theoretically, seafood in Taipei should be extremely cheap as there was endless seafood growing freely in the strait in the 17th century.

The reason for the high price of seafood is the lack of fishing. Da'an's fishing fleet currently has no nylon and uses traditional hemp to go to sea. It can only catch shallow fish. Not only is this inefficient, but it cannot operate continuously.

To solve this problem, the nearest technology tree right now is wire fishing. Of course, this black technology cannot be put on the agenda until at least the iron sand mines in Taitung are developed.

Early the next morning, little Andres, who was dragged to the all-night construction site to learn about the use of cement all night, staggered back. The poor man was illiterate, so when he finished work in the morning, he was given a

The hand-drawn schematic diagram on Fujian bamboo paper was mass-produced and was prepared for the illiterate craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time that little Andres returned to the Alicante, First Officer Samper also boarded the deck of the Yuandou.

As a result, the two sailboats that were still fighting for their lives yesterday became like friends again, sailing out of the Da Yuan Channel one after the other and heading south with the help of the favorable wind.

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